The famous slogan “Plan B like Happiness” praised by Christian Prudhomme, the boss of the Tour, when Brittany had accepted, almost at short notice, to replace Copenhagen for the Grand Départ of the 2021 Tour, will be able to resume service. The 2025 women’s Tour de France will start from Brittany after a Grand Départ this year from Rotterdam.
And the Women’s Tour will start on a Saturday, July 26. A date which is not insignificant since it means that the event will go from eight to nine stages. “After a first edition where we were a little groping, we are adjusting,” confides Marion Rousse, the director of the event. We’ve been thinking about it for some time. This is a strong sign and demonstrates that the level has moved to a higher level. I am very proud to announce that the race is growing. »
But the Women’s Tour will therefore spend three days in Brittany from June 26 to 28. “We will start with a 95 km stage between Vannes and Plumelec,” explains Marion Rousse. Unlike Rotterdam, the location of the Grand Départ this year where everything is flat and the first stages rather reserved for sprinters, we will have perfect terrain for punchers. We will end with a fourteen kilometer loop done three times. It will be on the roads of the Grand Prix de Plumelec which I know well having raced it a few years ago. »
A stage between Brest and Quimper
A historic land of cycling. The arrival at the top of the Cadoudal hill (1.7 km at 6.2%) notably allowed Bernard Hinault and Alejandro Valverde to don their first Yellow Jersey during the 1985 and 2008 Tours.
The second stage will leave Brest to reach Quimper. “We will start from Place de la Liberté, the place where the presentation of the teams took place during the Men’s Tour in 2021,” specifies the director of the event. Like the day before, the stage will end with a loop through the city with a one-kilometer bump at 4.8%, the Stang Bihan. The precise location where Peter Sagan won the 5th stage of the 2018 Tour.
The next day, the third stage will leave Morbihan and the town of Gacilly for an as yet unknown destination. It is the hometown of Yves Rocher, the founder of the eponymous beauty products company. A man who loved to make women look beautiful and who would be happy to see to what extent they have already given new life to the women’s Tour de France.
